Change bag



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Vlbfi/f. FARR IELLI ATTORNEY.

- April 12, 1960 Filed Feb. 12, 1957 V. S. FARRICIELLI CHANGE BAG 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. VINCENT S. FARRICIELLI CHANGE BAG Vincent S. Farricielli, New Haven, Conn. Application February 12, 1957, Serial No. 639,766

4 Claims. (Cl. 150-37 The present invention relates to coin and bill bags, and particularly to a new and improved coin and bill bag that can be hung onto, or otherwise removably attached to the change drawer of a cash register or'the like to facilitate the removal of coins from the drawer and the reinsertion of coins into the drawer. I

At the end of each days operation, it is. common practice to remove the bills and coins, except possibly the cent pieces from the change drawer of a cash register. Heretofore, the coins were placed within a bag in mixed order, and the bills were usually rolled with a rubber band about them and also placed in the bag holding the coins.

At the beginning of the next days operation, it became.

necessary to laboriously separate the coins into their various denominations prior to reinserting them into the proper cup within the change drawer of the cash register.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide a coin and bill bag that will retain the coins in separate denominations and constructed so that all the coins can be reinserted into their individual compartments of the cash register change drawer by a single operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a coin and bill bag that includes individual pockets of a number and size that equals to, and registers with the change cups within the standard form of cash register change drawer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a coin and bill bag that can be hung onto or otherwise attached to the change drawer of a cash register and in which each pocket of the bag is constructed so that easy access to the interior of the pocket is possible, thereby facilitating the admission of coins thereinto.

One phase of the invention involves the construction of a coin and bill bag that may include bill pockets and coin pockets that have their entrances facing each other. The change pockets may be pleatedor otherwise constructed to facilitate easy access to the interior thereof, and hooked, and/or ball-and-socket elements may be integrally attached to the opposite ends of the bag so that it can be hung onto, or removably attached to an open cash register drawer such that corresponding change pockets register with corresponding change cups within the change drawer.

The above, as well as other objects and novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a cash register including a change and bill drawer in open position and on the latter of which is hung a coin and bill bag embodying the principles of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a coin and bill bag to which the principles of the invention have been applied; and

Fig. 4- is an enlarged perspective view of the coin and bill bag shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

itd States pa fi Referring to the drawing, and particularly to Fig. 3, the principles of the invention are shown as applied to a coin and bill bag 10 that may be made'of any flexible material such as fabric, rubber or plastic. The bag 10 may include a sheet of such flexible material having a portion 11 turned back on itself and sealed or sewed along seams 12, 13 and 14, thereby providing two bill pockets that have their entrances at 15 and 16.

Thechanges compartments of the bag 10 may be formed in a number of ways. In the embodiment disclosed in Fig. 3, a sheet 17 of flexible material of substantially greater longitudinal length than the width of the bag 10 may be formed with accordion pleats 1 8, 19, 20 and 21.

This pleated sheet of flexible material may be placed Seams 26, 27 and 31, 32 may be made between the ends of the pleated sheet and the continuation sheet forming tubular passages 35 and 36 for a purpose to be described later. Additional seams or seals 28, 29 and 30 may be'made between the accordion pleated portions 18, 19; 19, 20; and 20, 21, respectively. Finally, a seam or seal 33' may be provided between the continuation portion and the pleated sheet at their outer ends 33.

In order to removably attach the coin bag to an open cash register drawer, female socket members 23 and 24 may be integrally attached to the change bag at each end thereof and within the space between the openings 15, 16 and the point 34. When such an attaching means is provided, mating male ball members 25 and 26' must be permanently attached to the outer surface of the change drawer in position to locate the point 34 of the change bag against the top edge of the open change drawer as shown in Fig. l.

Alternatively, wire hangers 41 and 42 may be threaded through the tubular passages 35 and 36, respectively. Each hanger is provided with a crimped or collared end 43 for anchoring it in proper position within its respective passage 35 or 36, and each hanger is also provided with a hook portion 44 for engaging the change drawer of the cash register in the manner shown in Fig. 1.

With the bill portion 11 folded back on the change portion so as to expose the entrances to the change pockets, and hung onto, or attached by the ball and socket connectors 23 to 26' to an open change drawer of a cash register as shown in Fig. 1, it is only necessary to successively grasp and pull outwardly the pleated construction with one hand and scoop the change in the corresponding cup into the corresponding change pocket. When all the change has been thusly placed within the proper change pocket, the device is removed from the drawer and laid flat exposing the entrances 15 and 16 to the bill compartments. The bills are then inserted into their compartments, after which the bill compartment portion is folded over the entrances to the change pockets and the whole is rolled into a tight roll. An elastic 45 fixed to the one side of the bag is placed about the rolled bag, thereby preventing its unrolling.

When it is desired to place the money within the bag into the change drawer, it is only necessary to unroll the bag; fold the bill compartment backwardly, exposing the entrances to the change bag; hang or otherwise attach the bag onto the change drawer in the manner shown in Fig. 1; and finally grasp each end of the bottom of the bag, pivoting it upwardly about the point of engagement between the hangers 44 and the cash drawer or between the ball and socket connectors, whereupon the change slides out of each compartment of the change bag into .Pa'tented Apr. 12, 196.0.

ends, joining the two layers formed by said bent back end and'forming a. plurality of change po'cketsarra'ng'ed side-by-sid'e and adapted to register withuan equal ni1m= ber of change cups within the change drawer of-a cash register; parallel spaced seams at right angles to the other bent back end, joining the two layers formed'by said? other bentback end and forming bill pocket rneans, the construction being such that the change andbill' pocket means have entrancesadjacent each other;'and'- means in tegral withsaid change bag for-pivotally supporting said bag onto the change drawer of a cash register with-said change 'poc'kets'in' register with corresponding change cups within said change drawer. I 2. A change bag comprising a sheet of'materialihav ing its opposite ends bent back toward each'other; parallel spaced seams at right angles to one of the bent back ends, joining the two layers formed by said bent back end and forming a plurality of change pockets arranged side by-side and adapted to register with an equal number of change cups within the change drawer of a cash register; parallel spaced seams at right angles to the other bent back end, joining the two layers formed by said'other bentback end and forming bill pocket means, the con-- struction being such that the change and bill; pocket means have entrances adjacent each other; means'integral with said change bag for pivotally supporting said bag onto the change drawer of a cash register with said change pockets in register with corresponding change cupswitlh in said change drawer; and means integral with each" changepocket for facilitating the insertion ofcoins thereinto.

3; A changebag comprising a sheet of material having! its opposite ends bent back toward each other; parallel spaced seams" at right angles to one of the bent back ends, joining the two layers formed by said bent back end and forming a plurality of change pockets arranged side-by-side and adapted to register with an equal number of change cups within the change drawer of a cash register; parallel spaced seams at right angles to the other bent back end; joining the two layers formed by said other bent back end and forming bill pocket means, the construction being such that the change and bill pocket means have entrances adjacent each other; and wire hook means integral with said change bag for pivotally supporting" said bag on'th'e change drawer of a cash register with said change pockets in register with corresponding change cups within said change drawer.

4. A change bag comprising a sheet of material having its opposite ends bent back toward each other; parallel spaced seams at right angles to one of the bent back ends, joining thetwo layers formed by said'bent back end and forming'a plurality of change pockets arranged side-byside and adapted to register with an equal number of change cups withintthe change drawer of a cash register; parallel spaced seams'at'right angles tothe' other bent back end, joining the two layers formed by said other bent arenas-andformingbill'pocket means, the construction beingsuch that the change and bill pocket means have entrances adjacent eachother; and connector means int'egra'l'withsaid change bag adapted to cooperate with mating connector means on a cash register drawer for supporting said'bag onthe change drawer of a cash register with said change pockets in register with correspondingchange cups Within said change drawer.

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